Pennant standard



March 1963 H. Q. WESTERVELT I 3,081,054

- PENNANT STANDARD Filed Aug. 5, 1950 IN V EN TOR.

Hal/lard Q Wade/05% United States Patent "Office Patented Mar. 12, 19633,081,054 PENNANT STANDARD Howard Q. Westervelt, 7930 S. Peoria St.,Chicago, Ill. Filed Aug. 5, 1960, Ser. No. 47,705 3 Claims. (Cl.248-127) This invention relates to a pennant standard for use inconnection with mounting ornamental objects on irregularly shapedstructures, such as the roof, hood or fender of an automobile.

An object of the invention is to provide a device which may be removablymounted on portions of an automobile, or any other desired base, in theform of a rigid structure for use as a standard for any of the manytypes of pennants which are deemed appropriate for visible display onthe outside parts of automobiles. Typical uses may include among othersthe following: undertakers pennants for funeral processions, new carsales devices, school and sports events identification, sales promotionof new prodducts, real estate development, teen-age hot rod ornaments,and political campaign devices.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device which will allowfree up-and-down movement of the pennant staff for removal and exchangeof pennant stafls, but will prevent side-ways movement of the staff andstandard thereby obviating sliding action of the standard which maycause it to slip off of the automobile.

It is still another object of the invention to provide a pennantstandard having a resilient suction diaphragm spaced from and radiallyrelating to a rigid base structure for mounting a pennant staff in anupright position therebetween.

A further object of the invention is to provide a pennant standard thatmay be simply mounted, efficient in use, and which may be constructed ofeconomical material.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will appear in thefollowing description thereof especially when considered with theaccompanying drawings in which:

FIGURE 1 is a perspective view of the device comprising this inventionmounted upon the fender of an automobile;

FIGURE 2 is an exploded perspective view of the device comprising thisinvention; and

FIGURE 3 is a side elevation of the device comprising this inventionwith the parts broken away to show the diaphragm extended and mated withthe base object upon which the standard is mounted.

Referring now to the drawings, there is illustrated one preferredembodiment of the invention in which the pennant standard is indicatedgenerally by the reference number 10. This pennant standard comprises aspider or stand 12 spaced from a diaphragm 14 by means of a pennantstaff 1 6.

The spider 12 includes an annular support member 18 which is preferablyconstructed of a rigid material, such as plastic or aluminum, and hasangularly radially depending from it a plurality of arms 20 which meetin a hub 22. The hub 22 has a bore 24 axially extending therethrough andof such a diameter to slidably receive the staff 16. The axis of thebore 24 is necessarily the same as the axis of the annular supportmember 18. If it is deemed desirable a suitable protective coating maybe applied to said annular supporting member 18 so as to preventscratching or marring of the surface of the base object on which thedevice is to be displayed.

The diaphragm 14 is constructed of any suitably resilient member such asrubber or any of the synthetic materials having such characteristics.This diaphrgam 14 is formed on one side into a suction cup 26 and on theopposing side into a boss 28 having a diameter of suitable dimensions toengagingly receive one end of the pennant staff 16.

An appendage 30 may be provided on the exposed portion of the diaphragm14 for assisting in removal of the suction cup 26 from engagement withthe base 32, which is the object upon which the pennant standard 10 ismounted for display. Such a base may take the form of a fender, hood orroof of an automobile, as shown in FIGURE 1.

In operation, the pennant staff 16 is slidably inserted in the bore 24of the spider hub 22 and engageably mounted within the boss 28 of thediaphragm 14. A suitable material such as glycerine may be applied tothe suction cup 26 to act as a vacuum seal for furthering intimateengagement of the diaphragm 14 with the base 32. The pennant standard isthen applied to the object from which display is desired by resting theannular support member 18 on the object and thereafter depressing thediaphragm 14 so as to form a vacuum seal with the base 32.

It will be seen that, even with curved surfaces such as the hood orfender of an automobile, the rigid spider 12' closely engages the fenderat the annular support member,

' thus providing a firm support for the pennant staff. At

the same time the suction cup 26 prevents up-and-down movement of thepennant standard. It should be noted that the spider 12 is free to movealong the staff 16 in sliding engagement therewith and is not otherwiseconnected to the diaphragm 14 except by the staff itself. Thus, whenengaged therewith, the pennant standard It} is incapable of being blownoff the automobile, but on the other hand may be quickly and easilyremoved by depressing a portion of the diaphragm 14, such as bymanipula- :tion of the appendage 30, in order to break the vacuum sealbetween the suction cup 26 and the base 32.

It will be apparent that the invention may be modified so as to beapplicable to other types of pennant staffs. Although the invention hasbeen described in terms of preferred embodiments, it is contemplatedthat these are merely by way of example and in no manner to be construedas limitations. It is apparent that certain modifications may be madewithin the scope of the claims without departing from the spirit of theinvention.

What is claimed is:

1. A pennant standard adapted to hold a pennant staff on an objectcomprising: a rigid stand, an independent resilient diaphragm in spacedrelation therefrom, and a pennant staff mounted between said stand andsaid diaphragm, said rigid stand having an annular support member whichrests upon said object, arms attached to and angularly radiating fromsaid support member, said arms meeting in a hub, said hub having anaxially-extending bore of a diameter to slidably receive said pennantstaff, and said diaphragm having a suction cup adapted to engage saidobject and a boss in opposed relation to said suction cup, said bosshaving a hole therein of a diameter to engagingly receive the end of.said pennant staff.

2. A standard for removably mounting and fixedly supporting a displaystaff on an object comprising: a spider, an independent resilientdiaphragm in spaced relation therefrom, and a display staff supportedbetween said spider and said diaphragm, said spider having an annularsupport adapted to rest upon said object and a hub spaced therefrom bymeans of connecting angularly-extending arms, the hub of said spiderhaving an axially-extending bore of a diameter to slidably receive saiddisplay staff, said diaphragm having means for forming a vacuum sealwith the object, and means on said diaphragm for engagingly sea-tingsaid display staff in radially spaced relation from said spider.

3. A standard for removably mounting and fixedly supporting a displaystaff in a vertical position on an object comprising: a spider, saidspider having an annular support member adapted to rest upon said objectand a hub 4 positioned in spaced relationship from said annular sup-References Cited in the file of this patent port member, said hub beingconnected to said annular UNITED STATES PATENTS support member by meansof arms which extend radially and angularly therefrom, the hub of saidspider having 1,857,774 Wiekman May 10, 1932 an axially-extending boreof a diameter to slidably receive 5 2,448,304 Gabel Aug. 31, 1948 saiddisplay staff, and an independent diaphragm means 2,595,697 Pereira May6, 1952 within and in spaced relation to said spider, said diaphragm2,634,070 ,Aguettaz Apr. 7, 1953 having a suction cup adapted to engagesaid object and a 2,777,141 Nye, Jan. 15, 1957 boss in opposed relationto said suction cup, said boss 2,908,461 Cofieen Oct. 13, 1959 beingadapted to seat said display staff extending through 10 said holein'said hub.

UNITED STATES- PATENT OFFICE CERTIFICATE; 0F CORRECTION Patent o 3 o81'054 March 12 1963 Howard Qo c wes tervelt It is hereby certified thaterror appears in the above numbered patent requiring correction and thatthe said Letters Patent should read as corrected below. Y

Column 2 line 61 afterJ'SuppQrU'KinSert member a Signed and sealed thislst deyiof October 1963;

(SEAL) Attest:

ERNEST w. SWIDER ID L-LADD Attesting Officer Commissioner of Patents

1. A PENNANT STANDARD ADAPTED TO HOLD A PENNANT STAFF ON AN OBJECTCOMPRISING: A RIGID STAND, AN INDEPENDENT RESILIENT DIAPHRAGM IN SPACEDRELATION THEREFROM, AND A PENNANT STAFF MOUNTED BETWEEN SAID STAND ANDSAID DIAPHRAGM, SAID RIGID STAND HAVING AN ANNULAR SUPPORT MEMBER WHICHRESTS UPON SAID OBJECT, ARMS ATTACHED TO AND ANGULARLY RADIATING FROMSAID SUPPORT MEMBER, SAID ARMS MEETING IN A HUB, SAID HUB HAVING ANAXIALLY-EXTENDING BORE OF A DIAMETER TO SLIDABLY RECEIVE SAID PENNANTSTAFF, AND SAID DIAPHRAGM HAVING A SUCTION CUP ADAPTED TO ENGAGE SAIDOBJECT AND A BOSS IN OPPOSED RELATION TO SAID SUCTION CUP, SAID BOSSHAVING A HOLE THEREIN OF A DIAMETER TO ENGAGINGLY RECEIVE THE END OFSAID PENNANT STAFF.